Full Name

Abhijit Vasant Kale

Born

July 03, 1973, Ahmednagar, Maharashtra

Age

50y 269d

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Bowling Style

Right arm Offbreak

Abhijit Kale has been a prolific scorer in the Indian domestic scene over the past few years but has never made it past the periphery of the national team. He began his career as an opener and first hit the headlines with a hundred for the India Under-19 team against the New Zealanders in 1992. Though he hailed from Mumbai, he could not break into their star-studded team, which led him to defect to Maharashtra. He went on to become one of the pillars of Maharashtra's middle order in the nineties, averaging close to 60 in first-class cricket. He top-scored for India A against the touring England side in November 2001 and came into the reckoning for the national squad. He also had a good A tour to West Indies in early 2003 and he was rewarded with a place in the national side a few months after that, for the tri-series which also involved South Africa and Bangladesh. However, he got only one game. In November that year, Kale was the central character in a bribery scandal, when two national selectors accused him of offering money to be picked to the Indian squad. Siddhartha Vaidyanathan

Abhijit Kale Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
ODIs110101010.002245.45001000
FC93145147134248*54.45--2528--750
List A656215211110244.91--217--221

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
ODIs1------------
FC93-56033931/3-113.003.63186.6-00
List A65-15240---9.60-000
Abhijit Kale relaxes near the dressing-room

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Debut/Last Matches of Abhijit Kale

Recent Matches of Abhijit Kale

MatchBatDateGroundFormat
Tripura vs Orissa14 & 8*17-Dec-2006AgartalaFC
Tripura vs Himachal6209-Dec-2006DharamsalaFC
Tripura vs Services23 & 1701-Dec-2006DelhiFC
Tripura vs J + K3 & 323-Nov-2006AgartalaFC
Maharashtra vs Mumbai3 & 110-Jan-2006WankhedeFC

Photos of Abhijit Kale

Abhijit Kale - Portrait
AV Kale with a cut shot as keeper Foster stands by